signésvssoignéConfusable pair

Quick tell: signés is a verb, soigné is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“signés” is a verb and “soigné” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,786
“signés” frequency rank
#10,948
“soigné” frequency rank
21734
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature signés soigné
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de signer. Qui est fait avec soin, où l’on voit du soin.

Letter map: signés vs soigné

Shared letters muted; letters that set signés and soigné apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
signés
6 ch
soigné

Part-of-speech tell for signés / soigné

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: signés is averb and soignéanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21734, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

signés is recorded at frequency rank #10,786, classified as averb, pronounced \si.ɲe\. soigné is at rank #10,948, tagged as anadj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 21734, this pair ranks #361,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of signés vs soigné

Shared letters: ginsé. Private to "signés": -. Private to "soigné": o.

"signés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "soigné" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "signés" and "soigné" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "signés" is a verb and "soigné" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "signés" or "soigné" show up more?
"signés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,786 in our French list, against #10,948 for "soigné". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "signés" and "soigné". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "signés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "soigné" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #361,694 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "signés" and "soigné" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "signés vs sires". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #361,694 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list